548 I thought it was gold, but I didn’t expect it to be a king (4k)
Are you sure you heard correctly?
Are you sure it's 65nm? Not 90nm?
No, Fuxin won the award this time for its 90nm integrated circuit process technology!
Why did 65nm come out suddenly?
Are you sure it's a composite core, not a central core?
Definitely, definitely, and definitely!
From design to packaging and testing, especially those in the manufacturing industry, everyone suspected that they had heard wrongly. They whispered to each other, and most of them had a dubious attitude.
65nn process, but even SMIC has not yet mastered it. How come Fuxin, the little brother, overtakes the big brother in a corner?
You must know that in the current global wafer foundry field, TSMC and UMC have mature 65nm processes and have invested heavily in the 45nm process node, which is in the first gear.
In the second tier, there are Chartered Semiconductor, IBM, World Advanced Technology, etc. that have mastered 90nm mass production. In the mainland, only SMIC is qualified, but it ranks at the bottom in terms of 65nm R&D progress.
As for complex cores, semiconductors such as Samsung and Huahong, which started late in the mass production of 90nn chips, belong to the third level.
Now, how come a dark horse emerged from the third gear and not only counterattacked the second gear, but also caught up with the first gear?
real or fake?
As the CEO of Huahong, Qiu Ciyun took office last year and led the team to develop 18-micron CMOS process technology, producing more than 10,000 pieces, and total sales revenue exceeded 800 million.
I was full of joy, but was doused by a basin of cold water from Fu Xin.
You taste it, you taste it carefully, you take your men to Pengcheng, sing songs and receive awards, but suddenly you are overtaken by Fuxin!
After all, Huahong is an old-timer. Before the emergence of SMIC, he was definitely the number one semiconductor company in mainland China and the main force of the "909 Project".
If you are surpassed by SMIC, you will admit it.
After all, Zhang Rujing is in charge, has a senior team to protect him, has policy support, and can go public for financing.
Why would it lose to Fuxin, which was established less than 5 years ago?
Just because Mr. Lu is a billionaire, does he have the ability to make money?
If you can make semiconductors with money, Huahong could have made them as early as the 1990s. It’s impossible, absolutely impossible!
But the media can't care about so much. Although they can't understand it, they keenly noticed that "composite core breaks through 65nm process", which is definitely the headline among the headlines, just like a shark smelling blood, no matter it is a professional magazine like "Semiconductor Optoelectronics"
, or the media, large and small, and online media, swarmed in with great force.
"What the hell?"
Sun Hongjun was so frightened that he immediately came to the rear.
Lu Fei quickened his steps and walked into the awards ceremony venue in a blink of an eye. He saw people greeting him enthusiastically on both sides of the aisle:
"Mr. Lu, you have done a good job in keeping confidentiality!"
"Yes, I heard that you have developed a 65nm core?"
"Mr. Lu, Spreadtrum has always wanted to cooperate with Fuxin and Pengpai. I wonder if there is such an opportunity?"
"..."
Looking at Lu Fei walking towards him, Zhang Rujing frowned. At first, when he heard that Fuxin had broken through the 65nm process node earlier than SMIC, he thought it was a joke, but when it came from Lu Fei's mouth, it was obviously not the case.
It’s a joke, but I still find it incredible. I can’t figure it out no matter how hard I think about it, how could I be ahead?
No one understands the difficulty of catching up with chip manufacturing processes better than him!
The reason why SMIC has been able to catch up with TSMC at such a rapid pace is because it poached people from TSMC and Intel as the first and second tier, or even poached the entire team. But even so, it is still far away from the risk trial production of 65nm.
A quarter or two.
The 90nm composite core was only completed in the third quarter of last year. How could it progress so fast? It’s not as fast as China Semiconductor!
"Mr. Lu, Fuxin has really trial-produced 65nm?"
When Lu Fei sat down, Zhang Rujing finally couldn't help asking questions.
"Yes, but the yield rate is only 18%. Fortunately, we have found ways to improve it."
Lu Fei was tight-lipped and would never reveal any information about Liang Mengsong, with a hint of mystery in his tone.
"It's true."
Zhang Rujing couldn't help but be stunned, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Emotions such as envy, happiness, excitement, and relief are intertwined, but at a certain moment, sour jealousy will also emerge.
Why will the first one to break through 65nm be a composite core?
It’s not his core!?
Shocked with regret, regret with confusion.
Is SMIC's progress too slow? Or is Fuxin's speed too fast? Co-author Fuxin has such amazing R&D capabilities!
I have always thought that Fuxin is only the strongest among the third-tier semiconductor companies in the world, but I never expected that it would become so powerful!
"Lucky, lucky."
Lu Fei said in a humble tone: "If SMIC hadn't been restrained by TSMC and distracted its energy, it would have definitely broken through the 65nm process technology earlier than us, right?"
"Who goes first and who comes last? It's just a sequence. As long as mainland semiconductors get better and better, that's fine. But Mr. Lu, you have to be more careful and be careful not to be targeted by TSMC like SMIC."
Zhang Rujing sincerely offered his blessings and encouragement.
"sure."
Lu Fei smiled: "Whenever SMIC encounters any difficulties, if I can help, Mr. Zhang, just ask, and I will try my best to help."
"Haha, no need for the time being, SMIC is not far away from 65nm, and the generation gap with TSMC will soon be reduced to one generation."
Zhang Rujing waved his hand, full of confidence.
"Mr. Zhang, let us overthrow TSMC together!"
Lu Fei knew very well that eventually SMIC would fall under the pressure of TSMC and had to accept the alliance under the city, especially letting Zhang Rujing leave the SMIC he founded.
So I flexed my muscles in front of him, and after leaving SMIC, I invited Fuxin to join me as co-CEO.
Liang Mengsong is responsible for implementing "process leadership".
Zhang Rujing continued what he was good at and engaged in "mature craftsmanship".
Focus on R&D with one hand and industry with the other.
Both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong!
…………
The awards ceremony started on time, without much content.
It is just divided into five major awards including "Integrated Circuit Products", "Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Technology", "Integrated Circuit Packaging and Testing", and "Semiconductor Equipment and Instruments". Awards will be given to the selected national semiconductor companies one by one, with trophies and certificates.
Gone.
Looking at Lu Fei who was chatting and laughing with the leaders on the stage, Luo Weiren looked gloomy: "Is that the richest man in the mainland who is rumored to be unclear about Liang Mengsong?"
"it's him."
Liu Deyin couldn't help but lamented: "I really didn't expect that the first company to build 65nm in mainland China was not SMIC or Huahong, but Fuxin, led by a layman like him. After all, he poached a lot of people from Europe, America and us with high salaries.
Man, this money is not wasted!"
"Huh, it's just a successful trial production."
Luo Weiren snorted coldly, "If you want to control the yield rate and truly achieve mass production, this is much more difficult than breaking through. Don't we have to spend three or four quarters to achieve stable production?"
"That's what I said, I'm afraid Liang Mengsong will get involved."
There was a hint of worry hidden in Liu Deyin's eyebrows.
"What are you afraid of! Liang Mengsong has a non-competition agreement, so he won't want to go back to the core within two years, let alone what will happen if he does?"
Luo Weiren said with disdain: "He was not involved in the research and development of the 65nm process from the beginning to the end. Even if he took the lead, he would start from scratch with a complex core. By that time, we might have completed the mass production of the 45nm process, and even breaking through 28nm might not be possible.
Maybe, even if Liang Mengsong is given another five years, he still won’t be able to catch up with TSMC, haha, he will just eat our exhaust!”
"That's true, but we still need to report to Director Zhang and President Cai that the breakthrough of 65nm in complex cores is also a big deal."
Liu Deyin laughed and relaxed his vigilance.
"Whoa whoa whoa~"
With thunderous applause, Lu Fei, who received the award, and Minister Wei of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, who presented the award, walked off the stage side by side.
"Mr. Lu, Fu Xin did a great job! He did a great thing!"
As soon as Minister Wei returned to his seat, he kept asking about the 65nm process and planned to take it back to the ministry for discussion.
Lu Fei talked endlessly, from breaking through 130nm to mass production of 90nm last year, and then secretly completing risky trial production two years ago. He reported without reservation and truthfully.
"It's not simple, it's really not simple."
Minister Wei and the Director of the Electronics Department next to him looked at each other and exclaimed in unison. They originally thought that it would be good if Fuxin, an orphan in the top order, could survive and develop. The future of China's wafer foundry was left to the middle order TSMC and ADC.
Just the center core is fine.
What I never expected was a surprise!
Mr. Lu, the king, said, I can also do this!
In an instant, the twin stars turned into a trident. The leaders were very pleased and exaggerated without hesitation: "'Fuxin' is a good name. Fuxin means revival. If China wants to revive, semiconductors must rise.
It’s up to your group of companies to take the lead.”
"The gap between us and the rest of the world is quite big."
What Lu Fei gained from attending this award ceremony was that Dahai could clearly see the whole picture of the mainland's semiconductor industry chain. Not to mention Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, even when compared with Wanwan, there are still differences in technology.
The most unexpected thing is that there is no serious company in China that develops and produces EDA software.
What is EDA, the mother of chips!
Without EDA software, chip engineers would not be able to draw pictures easily, and the cost of the design process would skyrocket dozens or hundreds of times. More importantly, the time cycle would be stretched from half a year to one year to 5
years, or even 10 years.
So in the previous life, domestic EDA made a big breakthrough, and Huawei completed national production of 14nm and above, how much it boosted morale!
"Tell me, what do you need?"
Minister Wei was very clear-minded and could not let the horse run and not eat grass at the same time. If he only gave him a commendation order, he would be acting like a hooligan.
"Ahem, you asked me to say it, so I will say it." Lu Fei cleared his throat, asking for policies and suggestions, but the most important piece of advice was——
Establish a national integrated circuit industry investment fund.
Focus on investing in the four weakest areas of materials, equipment, manufacturing, and software in integrated circuits, and vigorously support a number of them.
"For example?"
Minister Wei was very interested and encouraged him to continue.
"Like EDA software, I have just discussed with SMIC and Huawei to establish a joint venture to fill the gap in the domestic market. Should investment funds help?"
Lu Fei clapped his fingers and counted them carefully: "This DRAM, NAND flash memory, these memory chips... and this etching, Fuxin is planning to set up a subsidiary company specializing in etching machines."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute."
Minister Wei listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became: "Can you handle such a big stall? Not to mention the EDA software and packaging and testing equipment, just this etching machine.
Do you know that we don’t have a domestic independent brand until now! Northern Microelectronics is about to develop it, but it’s only 130nm. Have you studied the difficulty involved?”
"Hey, leader.
The corner of Lu Fei's mouth raised slightly, and he lowered his voice and said that Fu Xin had built a 90nm etching machine.
"What, you made it?!"
Even though Minister Wei was used to seeing big winds and waves, he was also unsettled for a moment. He was both surprised and surprised, "This is not a joke."
"As soon as the event is over, I will take you to visit!"
"Is it really your own research and development?"
"Of course, our Professor Yin Zhiyao led a team of 84 people and spent US$3.4 billion to make it!"
"Is there any intellectual property dispute involved?"
"Except for the fact that the components cannot be 100% made in China, there are absolutely no other problems! Even if Intel and Applied Materials file a lawsuit against Fuxin, they will still be invincible."
Lu Fei nodded solemnly. America's control over intellectual property rights is so strict that Yin Zhiyao is not allowed to bring any drawings, USB flash drives, and hard drives when he returns to China, otherwise he may not be able to come back.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Minister Wei clapped the handle of his chair and said excitedly: "I can't be the only one doing this inspection. Let's do this. I'll bring your ideas about semiconductors back to the ministry for discussion, and then make a report to ask for instructions, and organize a multi-department joint inspection of you."
Fu Xin, how about it, Mr. Lu, do you dare to accept this reception?"
"Dare, why don't you dare!"
Lu Fei said confidently: "But don't worry, I still have requests."
"Say it, say it all." Minister Wei laughed heartily.
Lu Fei smiled and said: "Can you give Fuxin, no, mainly professors like Yin Zhiyao an academician of the Academy of Engineering?"
"How did you come up with this?"
Minister Wei narrowed his eyes and was noncommittal, but if something like an etching machine fills a gap in the country, it will definitely win the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, just like Huawei's distributed base station.
Yes, Maotai can apply for Maotai-flavor Academician!
Lu Fei curled his lips: "That's what I think. Many of the academicians in the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering are from companies. They are all engineering and technology experts who have made great contributions to technological innovation. To select academicians of the two academies.
The opportunity is not only a kind of recognition, but also an honor. You don’t have to be shortlisted to be selected. You can just give me the title of alternate academician."
"You, you, always come up with new tricks for me."
Minister Wei laughed heartily and did not say yes or no.
Lu Fei is also very sensible and won't mention it again. Even if it doesn't work this time, there will be another time. Anyway, within logic, an academician certification system has been formed. People like Yin Zhiyao and Liang Mengsong are undoubtedly level 9, that is,
Recognized as a master.
Represents the strongest logical technological power!
Everyone laughed tacitly and changed the subject.
However, the speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Zhang Rujing on the side still vaguely overheard that Fuxin had built a 90nm etching machine, as if he was dreaming and felt unrealistic.
After confirming over and over again, I finally believed it.
He was immediately undecided, and was so excited that he immediately decided that as long as the quality of the etching machines was guaranteed, he would purchase 6 etching machines at once, supporting domestic products, and the contract value would exceed US$10 million.
Partition walls have ears, not to mention that the venue only has air walls.
Soon, before the award ceremony was over, the gossip was flying all over the place, everyone was whispering to each other, and it spread throughout the entire venue.
"Mr. Qiu, let me tell you something. Don't tell others that Fuxin has made a 90nm etching machine! I heard what Mr. Zhang Rujing said with my own ears."
"Hey, Lao Liu, there is a secret. I want to tell you, but you must not spread it. The first domestic etching machine and composite core have been made! Today is not April Fools' Day, it is true!"
"Northern Microelectronics, that's just 130nm, it's already an antique, but the complex core one is 90nm!"
"..."
Qiu Ciyun couldn't believe it anymore. He had to admit that Fuxin was already far ahead of Huahong, a big gap away.
No matter how unwilling you are, you can only rank third in the mainland.
But how is the re-core done?
Not only could he not figure it out, but also his mainland semiconductor colleagues, and this time his colleagues from Wanwan also couldn't figure it out at all.
It doesn’t matter if there is a king in the design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, and the concealment of complex cores. Why is the rank of the equipment not bronze?
You must know that the field of etching machines has always been dominated by American and Japanese technology giants such as Lam Semiconductor, TEL and Applied Materials. Even TSMC can only pay money to buy machines.
Why!
"Do you think it's true or false?"
Liu Deyin couldn't believe her ears.
"Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway."
Luo Weiren smiled coldly: "Is it possible! Is it possible? It's empty talk, but you can sell it with spot goods."
"Ahem, everyone, I have been fortunate enough to go to Logic's experimental base and see the etching machine with my own eyes. I can testify."
Gao Qiquan stood up without hesitation in the face of various doubts about Fu Xin and Lu Fei, "And it's not just etching machines, there are many amazing products and equipment, but I'm sorry, I signed a confidentiality agreement,
can not say."
Damn it!
What the hell you said, you really mean it!
In an instant, there was an uproar, and everyone was intrigued. They felt like a cat was tickling them. What secret weapon did Fuxin hide?
